Reflecting on my blog.

Early in the year, i learned the importance of camera angels. You can see that in my first film, i didnt do this, especially in the scene in the scene when we are interviewing people for our cyberbully video. I did not do a very good job paying attention to how well the camera angels were. On my second project, i learned how to do titles. The titles were fairly easy and make a big difference in videos if they are used correctly. They can either help a lot or make it worse depending on where you put them and what you use them for. A scence that shows this well is in the film called "Holiday Greetings" when we add in the titles for our names at the beginning of the film when it is introducing who we are and where we were at. It gave the viewers a more realistic view of where we were and who we were exactly. Later in the year, I showed that I really had learned that concept well, since I showed this in other projects. One good example is from "You Forgot Your Money" in the scence when we had our names pop up to say who we are and who the actors were. It's a silly part but it works perfectly with the comedy we were trying to suggest. I've learned a lot of things in this class and it has taught me a lot more than I was expecting to learn in the first place. I learned that camera angles can change a whole mood on a film for example if you are trying to show someone that is sad or "small", then you have to have a high camera angel looking down on them to belittle them in a way. It makes a huge difference if you do opposites in a movie. Also, music can change a story from one to another. It can give more dramatic effect if you are trying to make your film dramatic. I also learned that cuts and transitions can change a film from being good or bad! If you have bad cuts it can ruin your whole film because it won't seem as good and there won't be very much attention directed towards the video because will get distracted with how bad it is. Another thing I learned was to observe videos and find what is good about a video and how to properly examine it. I ow know what a good tansition is and if they moved the story along as fast as they should have. It has given me a whole different perspective on watching videos. From my experience in this class I can honestly say I have built some knowledge directed towards making videos, watching videos, and being in a video. It had taught me to become more observant when watching videos because I know what they did to prove certain things and things like that. Overall, this class helped me and in the end wasn't so bad to know more about how videos are made and in the future I can use this ability to possibly help out someone that is trying to make a video or needs any help. Thank you Dr. A!